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Looking toward Easter

    ***   You may not yet have seen these two new items on the webpage of the Interpreter Foundation.  But that doesn’t mean that they’re not there:   Come, Follow Me — D&C Study and Teaching Helps Lesson 15, April 5–11: D&C 30–36 — “You Are Called to Preach My Gospel”   Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow […]

An Update on the “Witnesses” Project

    ***   As we approach the theatrical debut of the Interpreter Foundation’s dramatic film, Witnesses, some aspects of that debut are coming more clearly into focus.   I’ve said earlier that Witnesses will begin screening in theaters on 4 June 2021, and I’ve encouraged you to mark your calendars for that date.  But permit […]

“Temple Symbolism in the Story of Noah”

    Yet another article went online today — accessible at no charge to all interested readers — in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship.  It was written by Jeffrey Mark Bradshaw:   “The Ark and the Tent: Temple Symbolism in the Story of Noah” Abstract: Jeffrey M. Bradshaw compares Moses’ tabernacle and […]

“A free fall death spiral”

    In yesterday’s video message for Palm Sunday, President Russell M. Nelson alluded to a dramatic experience that he had approximately forty-five years ago.  I recently read Sheri Dew, Insights from a Prophet’s Life: Russell M. Nelson (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2019). and thoroughly enjoyed it.  (I’ve recommended it here before, I believe.)  […]

Palm Sunday and Holy Week, 2021

    ***   We’re entering into the week of Easter or, as it’s often known, “Holy Week.”  Here are some materials relevant to the season:   First, these two items from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:   “A Palm Sunday Invitation from the Prophet: This Easter season, President Nelson invites the […]

Notes Regarding China’s War Against Its Religious Citizens

    ***   Here’s a new posting on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:   “Book of Moses Essays #48: Moses Witnesses the Creation (Moses 2) “This I Did By the Word of My Power” (Moses 2:5)   ***   And here are two new short pieces from the Interpreter Foundation’s own Jeff Lindsay: […]

A Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses

    ***   The new article that went up today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship was written by Jeff Lindsay and Noel B. Reynolds:   ““Strong Like unto Moses”: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Related Content Apparently […]

Some Personal Reflections on Joan of Arc

    ***   This short but inspiring piece was published today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:   “Hearing the Voice of the Lord in the Mind: Imparting Needed Information” (Part Six of a Series Compiled by Dennis B. Horne)   ***   Back in March 2006, my wife and I attended the […]

“A 2,700-Year-Old Biblical Document Long Said to Be a Forgery Gains New Respect”

    But, first, I failed to mention two items that went up yesterday on the website of the Interpreter Foundation.  So here they are.   The first was generously provided by Jonn Claybaugh:   Come, Follow Me — D&C Study and Teaching Helps: Lesson 14, March 29–April 4: Easter — “I Am He Who Liveth, I […]

Les contes d’Hofmann

    ***   The comments below are loosely related to my 21 March 2021 blog entry, “Mark Hofmann, the “Salamander Letter,” and Me”:   I’ve just learned from a small sub-handful of my semi-professional critics that I’m still seething with anger today at the fact that, while the leadership of the Church of Jesus […]